Joe's adventures on the trail. Backpacking, hiking, road trips, and town walks with my human dad.
Hiking and backpacking in North Wales
Hello again people and pooches. Joe the Cocker here. Me and my human have been on a little adventure. We have just visited Dinorwig Slate Quarry near Llanberis in North Wales. It's a place that we have driven past many times, and a visit was well overdue. We left home later than planned, so instead … Continue reading Dinorwig Quarry / Chwarel Dinorwig
Hello again people and pooches. Joe the Cocker here after a circuit of Llyn Padarn from Llanberis. It was a nice cold February morning when we headed to Eryri (Snowdonia) with the weather forecast for 6⁰C, a slight breeze, and a partly cloudy sky. Perfect for a gentle saunter around a lake. We parked in … Continue reading Llyn Padarn and Dolbadarn Castle / Castell Dolbadarn
Hello again people and pooches. Joe the Cocker here after an evening trip to Castell Caergwrle or Caergwrle Castle. It's a 15-minute drive from home, so rather than walk around Ruabon, my human suggested that we nip to the castle. We have never visited Caergwrle before but had driven through it many times on our … Continue reading Castell Caergwrle / Caergwrle Castle
Hello again people and pooches. Joe the Cocker here after I have just taken my human for one of our regular walks. This time, it was after some overnight snowfall. We have written about this walk before so I have instructed my human to not waffle keep the chat to a minimum. So, here are … Continue reading Ruabon rural in snow
Hello again people and pooches. Joe the Cocker here after a short walk of discovery. Me and my human live only a short distance from Weston Rhyn, a small village just over the border into England. While he was scouring the Internet for inspiration for nearby ancient standing stones and stone circles, he came across … Continue reading The Temple at Weston Rhyn
Hello again people and pooches. Joe the Cocker here after another local walk around Ruabon. We decided to follow the course of the Afon Eitha as it meanders through the village. On this occasion, we decided to just include the length of the river that runs within the boundaries of the village. We started our … Continue reading Ruabon – following the Afon Eitha
Hello again people and pooches. Joe the Cocker here. On my walk with my human this morning, he stopped every few yards to take photographs. He's no photographs, but he tries. Bless him! It was a sunny October morning after a spell of heavy rain with a storm forecast for the next day. This is … Continue reading Ruabon / Rhiwabon Autumn
Hello again people and pooches. Joe the Cocker here after a visit to Ynys Môn / Anglesey. Rather than being a hike, this was more of a short stop and a butchers around. We parked in the RSPB car park a hundred yards before the visitor centre car park as the latter was full to … Continue reading Ynys Môn / Anglesey – Ynys Lawd South Stack Lighthouse
Hello again people and pooches. Joe the Cocker here. Me and my human decided to extend one of our local walks. Sometimes we walk along Park Street, continuing up Twining Hill until we reach the path along Wat's Dyke. We walk along the path to Pentre Clawdd then turn down the drive and return to … Continue reading A rural Ruabon walk
Hello again people and pooches. Joe the Cocker here. Me and my human did this short walk a couple of years ago, but we forgot to tell you about it. Pistyll Rhyd y meincau is a waterfall on the Afon Eiddew. It can be reached by following a track in a north westerly direction from … Continue reading Rhiwagor Waterfall / Pistyll Rhyd-y-Meincau
Joe the Cocker's Hikes 